WSP ME Cap Stat

Ministry of Public Works, UAE

June 2012

WSP STATEMENT OF CAPABILITY

OUR VISION

To be the outstanding supplier of specialist and integrated services in the built and natural environment.

OUR VALUES

TrustSharing & Supporting

Pride & PassionSustainability

Innovation

WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD NOT ONLY OF THE DIVESITY OF OUR ACHIEVMENTS, BUT OF OUR PEOPLE...

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INTRODUCTIONWSP IS PLEASEd TO PrESENT ThIS CAPABILITY STATEMENT FOr UAE PrOJECTS TO ThE MINISTrY OF PUBLIC WOrkS ANd WOULd LIkE TO ASSUrE ThE CLIENT OF OUr COMMITMENT TO PrOvIdINg ThE hIghEST qUALITY OF SErvICE WITh rESPECT TO ThIS CrITICALLY IMPOrTANT PrOJECT....

We are committed to perform services as set out in this proposal; supporting the Ministry of Public Works in delivering solutions on time, within budget and by bringing to the project the following key benefits: n A global portfolio of projects that brings state of the art best practice, practical and evidence-based technical solutions for a wide range of customers

worldwide.n A team of specialists specifically formed for this assignment.Our team brings not only comprehensive experience and capability across all areas relevant to this project, but also the ability to think laterally, explore all possible solutions and apply fresh thinking within the current framework of policy and technical guidance.We are confident that these skills, in combination with our sound knowledge and significant presence in the Middle East, will ensure the aspirations of all stakeholders are delivered through an exemplar project of which we can all be proud.We are fortunate in that we have considerable past experience of dealing with rapidly growing and changing national, regional and international environments, such as envisaged in this project case. Indeed, we have undertaken in excess of 20 major strategic transport studies for rapidly growing and changing situations at the regional and national levels. This short capability statement is designed to describe WSPs capabilities and skills in transport sector strategy and economic impact and appraisal at the national, regional and international scale. Our capability statement is structured as follows:n WSP Group: A brief description of WSPn Our Skills: We describe our skills and the type of skills we envisage are required for a project of this naturen Key Staff members: key members of WSP with specialists skills in high level strategic transport assessment and economic appraisaln Our Relevant Experience: This section details our experience on transport sector projects at the national, regional and international level. n Our Approach: From the brief discussions held with the UAE authorities, we provide a high level overarching approach that may be taken to assess the

impacts from a transport and economic angle.n Appendices: These includes relevant project data Sheets, WSP group ‘At a glance’ Brochure, and WSP in Transportation Brochure.

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Our multi-discipline staffing capability allows us to provide fully-integrated delivery teams to local and global clients. We have a strong commitment to local business development and sustainability in all of the countries within which we operate...

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OUR EXPERIENCE .................................................................29

ABOUT WSP GROUP .........................................................09

QUALITY MANAGEMENT ..................................................35

OUR SKILLS ............................................................................17

PROJECT DATASHEETS .......................................................41

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WSP was established in 1969 and is fully listed on the London Stock Exchange. Through strategic development the company has grown into one of the largest international consultancy groups in the world.

WSP recently won the accolade of ACE Engineering Excellence Award Winner 2011 and we are also proud to be winner of the NCE/ACE International Consultant of the Year 2011. WSP is ranked Number 1 Transport Consultancy 2012 by the NCE (New Civil Engineer) Consultants File for the seventh year running...


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ABOUT WSP GROUP


ABOUT WSP GROUPWE ArE WSP. WE ArE A gLOBAL dESIgN, ENgINEErINg ANd MANAgEMENT CONSULTANCY, rECOgNISEd ThE WOrLd OvEr FOr OUr EXPErTISE IN ThE BUILT ANd NATUrAL ENvIrONMENT.

In brief, the company:

n has around 9000 staff operating out of 200 offices worldwide with corporate headquarters in London, Uk.

n revenue of £717 million in 2011.

n operates in the property, environmental, transport and infrastructure sectors.

n provides a full range of services from planning, through to studies, design, implementation and mainte-nance.

WSP group has extensive international experience in America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia gained through working in over 60 countries and currently has permanent offices in 30 countries.

The group operates through autonomous regional businesses reporting to Executive Committees with central support in the key areas of communication, information technology, human resources and risk management.

The matrix of the group structure facilitates close relationships between our clients and staff backed by the knowledge and expertise of staff operating from more than 200 offices worldwide. Increasingly projects are being won in one territory with the help and support from another and this is giving true added value to our diverse client base.

Where services sit comfortably across borders, such as with environmental and major international projects, our structure aims to break down geographic boundaries and encourages cross-company working, in order to maximise the skill and resource available throughout the group.


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The Group has permanent offices in 35 countries and project experience in more than 60, and continues to expand in a number of key markets. We pride ourselves on offering a diverse range of skills and perspectives, while remaining united by our passion and professionalism wherever we work. as one of the uK and europe’s leading multidisciplinary consultants, we offer a

comprehensive portfolio of services throughout these regions to new and repeat clients in many sectors. We are well-established in the uSa, where our internationally recognised specialists in high-rise structures are based and our transportation business continues to grow. We also have strong coverage across africa, India, the Middle east, australia and the Far east

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Worldwide Locations

WSP is a global provider of multi-discipline consultancy services. Our professionals are linked across a global network of offices encompassing Europe, the Middle East & the gulf, Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas.

Bringing global expertise, we are able to offer a full range of services from planning through to design, implementation and maintenance.

Our multi-discipline staffing capability allows us to provide fully-integrated delivery teams to local and global clients. We have a strong commitment to local business development and sustainability in all of the countries within which we operate.

With a proven track record of major project delivery for our clients, WSP has established a world-class client base and enjoys a high level of repeat business.

Clients include major multi and bilateral international financing institutions and donor organisations, government departments and other leading public and private sector organisations. Working in partnership with our clients, we are able to bring knowledge, expertise, innovation and enthusiasm to any project.


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WSP in the Middle East

In the Middle East, WSP have offices in the UAE (Sharjah, dubai and Abu dhabi) and qatar (doha) with over 350 staff in the region. WSP has built a very strong presence in the Middle East, providing management and consultancy services.

The services WSP offers in the Middle East reflect our global structure and therefore we are able to deliver local projects with a mix of local and global expertise. These chiefly call on our civil, structural, infrastructure, utilities, MEP, transport and environmental capabilities as well as our expertise in specialist areas such as fire engineering, IBg, Security and vT design.

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Managing Global Delivery

Managing the delivery of services on a global basis requires a clear approach in order to be effective. WSP has extensive experience of providing consultancy support to clients on a regional or global basis and have developed processes appropriate to meeting the specific demands of global delivery, maximising the value of both regional knowledge and global expertise.

In recent years, we have increasingly been used by global clients to ensure that world-class standards of property design and construction can be delivered across a wide-range of regions.

We recognise that successfully delivering the necessary expertise and staff resources to support the National Transport Authority on this exciting major new project, requires a combination of high-quality regionally based staff and specialist international experts from around the world.

WSP brings extensive international experience and dedicated professionals used to the task of delivering complex projects. The delivery strategy that we propose includes combining the multi-disciplinary capacity we have in the Middle East region, together with international experts drawn from our offices in London.

Central to our global delivery model is strong co-ordination between the client management teams and our technical delivery teams, through an efficient project management structure. Our approach to global services delivery ensures that clients have easy channels of communication through a nominated commission director and manager.


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Delivering Innovation & Sustainability

Sustainability and innovation lie at the very core of our philosophy for project delivery and these factors are at the forefront of the creative and workable solutions that we produce. Working in close-partnership with our clients, we are able to bring insight, knowledge, expertise, imagination and enthusiasm to any project.

For us it is also about ensuring the advice that we provide our clients results in sustainable outcomes. here the opportunity to really make a difference is huge. For example the accumulative outcomes, in terms of carbon savings, of our design interventions on projects dwarf our own carbon emission footprint.

The importance of sustainability to WSP cannot be overstated: it is a core company value and it is critical to our long-term business success, and to humanity. Across our businesses and engineering disciplines we are increasingly helping our clients meet the demands of providing sustainable solutions in both the natural and built environment.

We are clear on the important role WSP has to play in delivering a sustainable world, and we are investing our skills and capabilities to ensure our people offer the best possible service to our clients. Using our talent to provide products and services that help the world to move to a low carbon, resource-efficient world and to adapt to the changes some countries are already experiencing creates new business opportunities.

And by changing our behaviours and how we run both our business and our lives day-to-day we can reduce the negative impacts we have on the environment and communities.

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WSP and its staff have a history of providing strategic transport advice to Governments across Europe, the Middle and the Far East and China. With our strategic transport team, we provided a strategic level indication of how national, regional and international governments and organisations will cope with changes to transport related infrastructure and current and future levels of demand.

Our skills cover a range of transport and economic topics ranging from passenger and freight facilities to national, regional and international transport demand and economic forecasting...


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OUR SKILLS


OUR SKILLSWE ArE A vIBrANT COMMUNITY OF SPECIALISTS IN MANY FIELdS. OUr PEOPLE hAvE dIFFErENT APPrOAChES ANd BACkgrOUNdS, BUT ThEY ArE UNITEd BY A PASSION FOr INNOvATION, COLLABOrATION ANd TEChNICAL EXCELLENCE...

Based upon the information at hand, this study will involve a number of skill sets which WSP possess, and these include:n Integrated land use and transport

planningn Strategic multi-modal transport

strategyn Strategic transport policy developmentn Multi-dimensional SWOT analysisn Environmental assessment and impacts n Master planning and development

applicationsn Multi criteria framework assessments

n Strategic transport planningn Strategic transport modellingn International, national and regional

passenger and freight assessmentn Analysis of existing international trade

flowsn Air, shipping, road and rail sector

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international growth in traden National and international economic

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n Transport forecastsn development of transport costsn Economic Appraisal of multi modal

transport infrastructure n Option developmentn Marginal cost analysisn Project programmingn Infrastructure cost estimates


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WSP’s experience in delivering major international projects has allowed us to develop working methods which lead to success. We combine the range, experience and professionalism of an established global consultancy; with the flexibility, enthusiasm and openness of a young organisation, continually adapting and evolving to meet the changing needs of our clients and our future world...


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STrATEgIC TrANSPOrT PLANNINg TrANSPOrT ECONOMIST

JASON BrOOkSgroup global Coordination director

Education: BSc – Bachelor of Science (hons) Civil Engineering – Southampton University, 1980-83 CEng – Chartered Engineer,1989

Years of Experience: 28 Years

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Jason has more than 25 years experience in the planning and implementation of national, regional and international transport infrastructure projects. he has developed an extensive knowledge of the conceptualisation, planning and implementation of sustainable transport and infrastructure strategies.

Jason has extensive experience of large-scale regeneration projects, including: feasibility appraisals; site acquisition bids; development frameworks and master plans; transport and infrastructure strategies; environmental assessment; public inquiries; planning agreement negotiations; and implementation.

he has provided specialist advice to a wide range of public and private sector clients on transport and land development matters, including Central government Agencies, regional government Agencies, Local Authorities, health Trusts, Financial Institutions and numerous property development companies.

MIChAEL JOrdANOU International director

Education: M.Sc in Transport and highways, The City University, London, (With distinction), 1984


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Mike has over 25 years of diverse and challenging experience in transport planning and modelling, transport economics, traffic engineering, economic and financial appraisal and design of public and private sector transport sector projects gained through working extensively in the developing world and emerging markets.

he is experienced in transport/traffic surveys, urban multi-modal transport modelling, urban traffic control, traffic management and engineering, traffic forecasting, rural and urban feasibility studies, public transport, maintenance and rehabilitation of transport facilities, master plans, transport sector studies, multi-modal studies (road, rail, sea and air), economic and financial appraisal, including risk and sensitivity analysis and Private-Public-Participation (PPP) projects.

Mike has extensive experience on master planning projects in areas with varying social and economic backgrounds and transport characteristics with responsibility for managing multi-national and multi-disciplinary teams. Mike has particular experience in North Africa and the Middle East having worked in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Yemen.


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STrATEgIC TrANSPOrT MOdELLINg FrEIghT SPECIALIST

TIM gENT Associate director

Education: MSc (distinction) - Operational research - Lancaster University BA (hons) - Mathematics - Oxford University


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Tim’s experience combines multi-modal transport and land use modelling, including road pricing and wider economic benefit analysis, with specialist rail knowledge. he has led the development of a new land use and transport model for the Cambridge Sub-region, including applications to Transport Innovation Fund work and interpretation of results. he continues to actively work on transport and spatial planning projects, with a particular emphasis on the transport and land use impacts of major developments. he has managed and carried out technical work on two major Freight Studies in the Middle East, using techniques developed in house by WSP.

Tim’s work frequently involves working with clients and stakeholders to identify what benefits will be gained from use of land use and transport demand models. Communication of these benefits, and clear presentation of the implications of model results is a key part of his role.

Prior to joining WSP, Tim spent six years working on rail planning and policy. he led a team which specialised in rail service planning, covering data collection, modelling and analysis. he advised on the development of planning policy and methodologies, including the design of the dfT’s Network Modelling Framework for rail and policy advice to the Office of rail regulation (Orr).

IAN WILLIAMS Special Adviser – Freight

Education: BSc, Mathematical Physics University College Cork, Ireland MSc, Operations research University College Cork, Ireland


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Ian is a senior manager with 39 years research, academic and consultancy experience gained in the Uk and many other countries around the world. One of the founding partners of the consultancy ME&P in 1978 and its Managing director for the six years prior to its acquisition by WSP in 2001. Ian has particular interests in freight forecasting, analysis and policy, and in research and development of quantitative tools for economic, transport and land-use planning.

Ian’s extensive work on freight involves the development of economically based freight transport models for the Uk, London, Saudi Arabia (including links with the wider Middle East), and the SCENES model of European freight. which the EC’s directorate for Energy and Transport have used to inform the update to their 10-year Transport Plan. he recently led a study for the Uk department for Transport on revisions to their guidance for freight transport policy appraisal. he also led a recent study reviewing the current and future freight logistics characteristics for the island of Ireland. Ian has directed five successful major European transport research projects for the Transport directorate of the European Commission, leading consortia of up to twenty academic and commercial firms across Europe. he has designed and directed operational regional or national forecasting models in many countries including China, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia.

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IAN BrOOkEr Technical director

Education: BSc (hons), Environmental Science diploma, Institute of Marketing


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Ian is head of rail Planning for WSP. he has responsibility for developing WSP’s rail planning services, including managing and building relationships with key clients, and leading and delivering rail planning consultancy assignments, in both passenger and freight environments. his expertise, and that of his team, embraces a wide range of services from market research, business case development, funding and financing, to operational planning and railway business management.

Ian has extensive experience of working with local, regional, and national government to prepare and deliver plans for modal shift of both passengers and goods. This includes working for the dfT and the East Midlands region on the delivering a Sustainable Transport System programme, developing freight plans for several local authorities, and working for both Crossrail and the London Olympics project on sustainable transport solutions.

Ian’s technical strengths in rail Planning, Freight consultancy and Passenger mode shift are strongly complemented by his management skills and his strategic consideration of project objectives, building strong relationships with customers and supply partners, and delivering projects by adding genuine value for the client, and their customers.

TOM MCELLIgOTT Major Projects and International director

Education: Electrical City & guilds Certificate - Lone regional Technical College


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Tom is a Construction Specialist with over 25 years’ experience in the fields of rail, power stations, buildings and construction engineering in both client, consultant and contracting organisations, and in multi-site/multi-project environments.

he is acutely commercially, technically and systems focused, using these skills to ensure delivery of world-class services and profitable performance in the Uk and international construction markets.

Within the company Tom holds the position of Major Projects and International director for rail and operates as the main force in bringing together WSP groups regional rail organisations creating a multidisciplinary and integrated rail services group capable of delivering World wide and World class international services.

A creative, practical and open-minded board level strategic thinker with real problem solving, influencing and negotiating skills, he provides robust project, programme and performance management through team empowerment and collaborative leadership using experience developed over a number of major long-term projects across many Asian and European countries, and the Middle East.


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rIChArd JONES Senior Technical director

Education: Masters Science in Transport Planning and Engineering Bachelors degree in Civil and Structural Eng (hons)

Years of Experience: Over 15 Years

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richard is a Senior Technical director based in the Uk but and as member of WSP’s International Steering group is heavily involved providing expert transport planning advice to international clients in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. richard has recently been advising on major revitilisation and regeneration schemes in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

richard’s particular area of expertise is the development of practical freight logistics strategies and how these can successfully integrate waste and recycling solutions, whether for large towns, regeneration areas or individual developments.

With over 15 years of experience richard has been involved in masterplanning, designing and implementing a range of projects. Through his recent research in Freight Consolidation, where opportunities are created to enable more efficient waste and recycling strategies, richard is now advising Uk and international clients on these techniques.

In early 2010 richard was promoted to Senior Technical director and is now a member of the Technical Board for the development and Transportation business promoting thought leadership and responsible for developing and researching new innovative industry initiatives.

rhOd MACLEOd Technical director

Education: hovercraft Masters Certificate – department for Transport BA (hons) geography – University of Portsmouth MSc Transportation – University of Wales College of Cardiff

Years of Experience: Over 35 Years

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rhod has over 15 years command, operational management and route development experience in the maritime sector. Over 20 years experience as a professional transport planner, team leader, highways and transportation development control manager, Project Manager and Project director. Experienced in overseeing the preparation and delivery of Workplace, School and residential Travel Plans. Experienced in tendering non commercial bus services (on behalf of the LA) and overseeing the delivery of roadside public transport infrastructure improvements. Experienced in both the Programme and Project Management of large and small capital schemes, and the provision of technical advice and support to private and public sector clients operating in the residential, commercial, healthcare and leisure sectors.

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ShErEEN MAgdY head of Transport and Infrastructure

Education: BSc Civil Engineer, Cairo University, Egypt, 1991


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Shereen is the head of Transport and Infrastructure in Sharjah, and has over 20 years varied experience working with international Consultants, Private developers and Contractors in the design and Project Management of Major infrastructure projects including some of the major mixed-use developments in UAE.

Shereen is responsible for setting up and managing the operation of the highways, Bridges, infrastructure and Transportation Planning departments in the Middle East, including technical delivery and financial performance. Shereen has been the Project director for major projects including Mina Zayed Link Tunnels - Abu dhabi, Al qasaba development – Sharjah, Watani Project – Abu dhabi, district F/Phase 6 – dubai Water Front, YAS Island Sub-sea tunnel – Abu dhabi, kalba Mountain road, Sharjah

ANdrEW ArChEr head of Transport Planning

Education: BEng (hons) CEng MIEI


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Based in the UAE, Andrew is the head of Transport Planning for WSP Middle East. Andrew has experience in a wide range of transportation planning, engineering and policy projects and has worked intensively on land use and transportation studies, transportation management studies, public transport design and cycleway provision and design.

Andrew has worked as project manager on several large transport planning and engineering projects where his role has incorporated both technical and planning related duties.

Andrew has experienced in preparing strategic plans and policy development for many public sector transportation schemes. he has also led several large transport planning and engineering projects where his role has incorporated both technical and planning related duties. he has excellent knowledge of the UAE national transport policy requirements and recently worked on Abu dhabi and dubai Trip general Manual and the dubai Flexible Parking Policy Studies.


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WSP and its staff have a history of providing strategic transport advice to Governments across Europe, the Middle and the Far East and China. With our strategic transport team, we provided a strategic level indication of how national, regional and international governments and organisations will cope with changes to transport related infrastructure and current and future levels of demand.

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OUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE


OUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCEWE PrIdE OUrSELvES NOT ONLY ON SOLvINg OUr CLIENTS PrOBLEMS, BUT IN FINdINg ThE MOST EFFECTIvE, EFFICIENT ANd SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.

WSP has worked throughout the European and MEdA region, including several Middle East countries for over four decades and continues to have a significant involvement in all aspects of their transport infrastructure development. WSP has developed an in-depth understanding and appreciation of transport related problems, the bottlenecks, constraints and opportunities that exist across the region in all modes of transport and infrastructure.

WSP also has a good knowledge of the strategic and economic framework that applies to transport in the region and the constraints that these aspects may impose on allowing access to the sector and on the provision of efficient transport services. This knowledge has been developed over many years, through working closely with governmental counterpart staff and with private sector organisations.

WSP has worked with several Middle East governments including the UAE Federal

government, the UAE National Transport Authority, the Saudi Jordanian, qatar and Iraq governments

WSP has also worked extensively with most of the international and regional funding agencies and organisations, including the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for reconstruction and development, the World Bank, the United Nations development Programme (UNdP), the African development Bank, the Arab Bank and the kuwait Fund.

WSP has undertaken a considerable number of projects both internationally and across the Middle East and UAE covering transport strategy, multi modal transport, road, rail, air and port infrastructure planning and the establishment of transport infrastructure planning, funding and priority programmes.

WSPs involvement with the transport sector in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Asia and Australasia tackling some of the key the issues and challenges of national, international

and regional transport system development and integration has led to us working on strategic transport projects, some of which are listed below.

WSP also has experience of working on highly confidential projects, for example the design of national embassies, demonstrating our ability to deal with issues such as national security. Consequently, we are accustomed to working on confidential projects and have developed systems and processes to support our clients need for discretion.

Examples of projects of this nature include US embassies/consulates in Bulgaria, Brazil, germany, Sweden, denmark, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, former republics of the Soviet Union, and Cyprus, amongst other US Federal projects. WSP have also handled confidential data on projects including the design of the London 2012 Olympics Entrance Plazas, Abu dhabi International Airport, and operate a restricted access file system on other projects where clients require confidentiality.


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Strategic Transport Projects of National, Regional or International Importance

WSP has worked on transport projects of national, regional and international strategic importance for over 30 years. These projects have been undertaken for governments, the European Commission, the World Bank, the European Bank for reconstruction and development and the European Investment Bank, to name a few.

Below, we provide a sample of the type of projects that have been delivered with a national, regional and international component.

n PrOPOLIS: research, develop and test integrated land use and transport policies, tools and comprehensive assessment methodologies for sustainable long term urban strategies for seven European cities including, Brussels, Bilbao, dortmund, helsinki, and Naples (EC)

n SCENES: European Transport Model: EC

n Saudi rail Masterplan, Saudi rail Organisation

n Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mousaed Economic City dry Port (Saudi Arabia). WSP worked with Ernst & Young to assess the freight production and freight movements expected for this major new economic city in Saudi Arabia, which would form a logistic’s hub in the ha’il province. WSP developed an innovative and flexible approach to estimation of freight flows, considering freight generation, travel patterns and mode choice.

n Standards/regulations and Coordination of Auditing of Land Transport Commercial Services in the UAE -UAE National Transport Authority

n dubai Urban Framework, UAE

n Failaka Island, kuwait

n Strategic Environmental Assessment: EC

n A strategic evaluation model for infrastructure development for the Central region of Chile

n National traffic model for Chile

n Colombia Transport Master Plan

n Strategic Planning Model for Auckland, New Zealand

n National Transport Plan for Argentina

n Strategic Land Use and Transport Model for London and the South East

n A New traffic model of Tokyo and the kanto region

n Cost- Benefit analysis and Multi-Criteria Analysis for New road Construction – EC

n TrEMOvE: European Transport Emissions Modelling: EC

n Transport Infrastructure for New Europe

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Multi Modal Urban Transport Strategy

We continue to work in the areas of urban transport in Europe, the USA, the Middle East, the gulf and Asia and China. Our work has involved developing integrated strategies for passenger and freight transport supported by the latest transport modelling techniques. Our work involves the development of multi modal transport short, medium and long term strategies, economic and financial assessments, multi criteria framework assessments and development implementation programmes and budgeting strategies including PPP.

We provide below a range of urban studies we have undertaken, mainly for governments.

n Transport and Mobility Master Plan for Amman, Jordan

n A London Strategic Model – developed for the London Congestion Charging Programme: Uk government

n helsinki Metropolitan Area Transport Model

n Urban and regional Transport Study, Bolzano, Northern Italy

n Transport Plan for the Municipality of Naples, Italy

n Bilbao Central Area Traffic Management Schemes, Spain

n OrBIT: Transport Solutions around London (Uk)

n road Pricing Feasibility Study – London and the South East (Uk)

n remote Sensing for Land Use-Transportation and Environmental Applications

n Mapping and monitoring environmental noise

n SPArTACUS: A study on sustainable urban development

n Methodologies for Transport Impact Assessment

n Policies for CO2 Emissions reductions

n ASTrA: Assessment of Transport Studies

n Public Transport Infrastructure

Improvement Study, PTrC, Amman (EC funded)

n Master Plan Study for the Amman development Corridor

n Public Transport Assessment of the Wadi Amman Corridor and Spur Links


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National, Regional and International Freight Studies

WSP have wide experience of implementing multimodal freight forecasting models for many regions and countries around the world. This ensures that we understand how to take account of the different economic, logistics and urban forms that emerge, when representing rapid change in the transport and infrastructure environment.

Based on this 30 years experience in the strategic assessment of freight around the world, and on our past reviews of approaches to strategic freight analysis, we currently apply high levels modelling tools to strategically assess national, regional and international freight demand and supply.

key projects include:

n European wide assessment of major infrastructure development across 25 countries: Input-output economic structure of the 25 individual EU states within the SCENES regional economic model of Europe

n Assessment of logistic legs in the freight distribution chain within the EUNET regional freight model for the North of England.

n Europe: dg TrEN, European Commission - road, rail, short-sea shipping, ferries, inland waterway

n great Britain department for Transport road, rail, short-sea shipping, ferries, air

n Sweden highways Agency road, rail, coastal shipping, ferries

n Columbia Ministry of Public Works / World Bank road, rail, deep-sea shipping, inland waterway

n Chile Ministry of Public Works / World Bank road, rail, coastal shipping

n Yangtze region, China - China State Planning Commission / World Bank road, rail, coastal shipping, inland waterway

n Basque region, Spain Basque government road, rail.

n Freight Modelling in Sweden

n Freight Modelling review (department for Transport), Uk

n Freight Forecasting guidance (department for Transport, Uk

n Irish Freight review, republic and

Northern Ireland

n London Freight ready reckoner (department for Transport), Uk

n Freight Consolidation and remote Storage, Uk

n howbury Park, Alternative Site Assessment – Bexley, London, Uk

n Inland Port, Alternative Site Assessment – doncaster, S Yorkshire, Uk

n Strategic rail Freight Interchange, Alternative Site Assessment – radlett, St Albans, Uk

n rail Freight Feasibility Assessments – London, North of England, Lincolnshire, Uk

n Bronze Age Park (Former Pirelli Works) – Bexley, London, Uk

n Prologis Park heathrow – heathrow, London, Uk

n Expeditors (Uk) Freight handling Centre – heathrow, London, Uk

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We are committed to a policy of management that embodies the principles of quality and business excellence. The management system encompasses all activities that have a bearing on the ability of our operations to fulfil company goals. The Company has structured the responsibility for implementing the system so as to achieve the flexibility necessary to control the varied activities of the Company for the wide range of clients and projects undertaken...


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QUALITY MANAGEMENT


QUALITY MANAGEMENTWSP hAS BEEN ACCrEdITEd UNdEr BS EN ISO 9001 FOr MANY YEArS.

Our system includes all the necessary processes to ensure that:

n realistic budgets and programmes of work are agreed;

n clearly defined deliverables are specified;

n mechanisms are in place to control and verify technical processes;

n systems and authorisations for agreeing any changes to the Scope of Works are in place;

n reviews of performance (technical and progress) are undertaken regularly (monitoring); and

n regular and appropriate contact / communication is maintained with the client.

Quality Control Plan

The first stage will be the establishment of a quality Control Plan which covers all aspects of the management of the project. For example, this plan will set out key responsibilities, deadlines and deliverables. The quality control plan must be signed-off by both the Project director and Project Manager.

Project Monitoring

WSP follows a monthly management reporting cycle that forms the basis for monitoring and control of projects and business streams. Management accounts and business streams reports are reviewed by the Board on a monthly basis so that potential areas of risk can be identified at an early stage and if necessary any corrective actions can be implemented. Local project monitoring feeds into this central system and consolidated management reports provide managers with detailed P&L and life of project performance

information as well as forecasts of future resource use, cash flow and status of order book.


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Risk Management Approach

risk Management is a key element of Project Management. WSP’s qM System incorporates a formal risk management process. risk assessments are undertaken at project level prior to the commencement of any tasks and reviewed regularly during the life of the project. key aspects of our service delivery will be subject to formal qualitative and quantitative risk management procedures in order to identify, assess, and minimise or eliminate all potential risks to delivery, cost, quality, health and safety and the environment.

A risk register will be established and maintained. The risk register will be the responsibility of the project manager for the study and will be used throughout its lifetime. Each potential risk identified will be analysed in terms of probability and impact, and appropriate mitigation and ownership will be identified. Where a risk cannot be fully eliminated, it will only be accepted on the basis that it has been mitigated according to the As Low As reasonably Practicable (ALArP) principle.

In addition to formal risk management, the processes and procedures which comprise our qMS will incorporate

preventive actions in order to minimise risk. Our Integrated Management System is based on the principle of “right first time, every time” (i.e. avoiding re-working). This means having the right people in the right place at the right time. This can be achieved through effective project management supported by breadth of resources and commitment to the project. Ownership accountability and visibility are all important to right first time delivery.

Our procedures require managers and employees alike to consider all inputs and risks during design, planning and execution of all work. The integration of this approach across all our processes is essential to achieve staff motivation and consequently, service delivery. regular team and management meetings will review the progress of all work at every stage of the process.

Client Relationships

WSP operates a business wide Customer relationship Management database, Chorus, designed to help employees to better understand the external environment, such that they can focus on service delivery. The importance of customer satisfaction to our clients is recognised and as a measure of our public image, we openly provide clear information about our services, which will be easily accessible to everyone who needs them. All enquiries and complaints will be dealt with in a prompt manner. We regularly consult with our customers and their views will be used to continually improve the service provided. We have a well-developed customer feedback system that provides us with invaluable information. This information is gathered at three levels:

n regular client meetings;

n Project completion client reviews; and

n Annual independent review.

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WSP considers that day-to-day client contact is the most effective way of obtaining feedback and improving our services. All staff are encouraged to have direct contact with their equivalents on the client side and project managers are instructed to identify regular and frequent project management meetings, even where the commissions are small and of short duration.

Project Review Process

regular project reviews allow the designated Project director to assess how the project is progressing, and to agree remedial measures as required. key technical or client service issues are reported to the business development team who are empowered to assess review procedures and identify improvements. We will seek to involve the client in the project review process. After the completion of a project WSP instigates a project close out review with the client.

In addition to these project specific reviews, a random sample of our clients are selected annually and approached by an independent consultant to seek views

on the standard of service provided and the way in which improvements could be made. All discussions are anonymous and as such provide the ideal forum for constructive comments on our working methods. The results of the assessment are reported directly to the executive committee for the group responsible for technical issues. Corrective actions are identified and a review of standing procedures undertaken to identify how improvements can be made.

Project Reviews

Internal project reviews are held regularly. The intention of these meetings is to ensure that the technical and commercial management of the project is ‘on course’. In general these meetings would involve the Project director and Project Manager, and sometimes key team members. On larger projects an independent reviewer might be also be involved.

Client Feedback

The quality Management process also includes an opportunity for client feedback via a structured interview or completion of a form which covers all aspects of the project management process. This form includes an opportunity for clients to score the performance of WSP against key areas.


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Change Control

The main objective of the Change Control System is the rapid agreement of requested or necessary changes to the clients’ brief without incurring delays to the work programme. Such changes could involve additions or reduction to the scope of works, deliverables, work programme and/or risk allocation between the client and WSP.

It is also vitally important that any changes are communicated as rapidly as possible between the client and consultant. The WSP qM System includes a standard form ‘Notice of Changes to design or Appointment’ which can be used to clarify such issues in a structured and transparent manner. In some circumstances an exchange of letters between client and consultant is a more appropriate mechanism, but the principles remain the same.

The WSP qM System requires that no work relating to a Change Order should proceed until the terms of the Change Order have been agreed with the client. If adhered to, this principle minimises the risk for misunderstandings and financial disputes

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Our reputation as one of the foremost transport and infrastructure specialists has been developed over many successful global projects. Our expertise is sought by governments around the world to create sustainable long-term transportation strategies and to advise on a national and regional level over the complete life cycle of a wide range of major projects. We have particular strengths in planning, analysing, designing and managing projects in aviation, bridges, highways, intelligent traffic systems, marine, roads and rail...


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PROJECT DATASHEETS


SCENES: EUROPEAN TRANSPORT SCENARIOSEUrOPEAN COMMISSION

This project – known as SCENES– for the Transport directorate of the European Commission, involved the development of transport scenarios for Europe for the year 2020. It also included quantitative and qualitative forecasting of the impacts of these scenarios on transport in Europe as a whole and on particular geographical areas.

The strategic transport model of the European Union developed by WSP for the Commission in the earlier STrEAMS project was extended to cover Central and Eastern Europe.

The model was then used to simulate future demand for transport in the face of two areas of projected socio-economic change: the ‘integration and opening of Europe’ and ‘behavioural and structural change’. This involved the development of a database of socio economic

variables, covering the European Union and part of Eastern Europe. Policy packages were developed to address the impact of these changes.

In addition the SCENES model was linked to a freight logistics module which aimed to simulate long term changes in physical distribution structures at the European level. This was to demonstrate that the SCENES model could incorporate information from more detailed models, for areas of specific policy interest.

The project included new research on the extent to which supply induces demand, an analysis of the effect of alternative regulatory regimes on transport demand, and an assessment of the impact of different institutional structures on achieving policy objectives

To undertake the SCENES project, WSP managed a consortium of eighteen commercial and academic organisations

across Europe. The Company itself focused on the development of the European transport forecasting model and policy scenario testing.


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PROPOLISEUrOPEAN COMMISSION

PrOPOLIS is a research project within the EC’s Fifth Framework Programme. It is funded by the directorate-general for Science, research and development (XII) and is being carried out by an international consortium of transport consultancies and academic institutions led by WSP’s Finnish group, LT Consultants.

The objective of PrOPOLIS is to research, develop and test integrated land use and transport policies, tools and comprehensive assessment methodologies. These will be used to pilot sustainable long term urban strategies for seven European towns and cities of varying size and character: Brussels, Bilbao, dortmund, helsinki, Inverness, vicenza and Naples.

The problems facing our cities

Eighty per cent of Europeans live in towns and cities which face increasing levels of traffic pollution and congestion. This is reflected in environmental, health and social problems, which combine to increase the economic burden on inhabitants. The objective of PrOPOLIS is to define long term policy strategies that can simultaneously improve the environmental, social and economic aspects of urban life.

The potential impacts of the urban planning policies formulated in the PrOPOLIS study will be evaluated using indicators such as those listed below.

n PrOPOLIS will aim to identify policies that are most likely to achieve the following targets:

n 20%+ reduction in energy use by the urban transport system

n 20%+ reduction in greenhouse gases from the urban land use and transport system;

n 15%+ reduction in traffic accidents.

The implementation of such policies in Brussels, Bilbao, dortmund, helsinki, Inverness, vicenza and Naples will be simulated with computer models. At the conclusion of the project indicator values from the various policy tests will be published on the internet.

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NATIONAL FREIGHT FORECASTING GUIDANCEdEPArTMENT FOr TrANSPOrT

The department for Transport has commissioned a WSP-led consortium to provide written guidance on methods to be used for forecasting road freight movements. The scope of the guidance extends to include both heavy and light goods vehicles, with the impact of other transport modes on road haulage taken into account where appropriate.

The project started in spring 2007 and is due for completion in autumn 2008.

This work is designed to be used for project appraisals and will replace existing

guidance based on 1997 forecasts published on the department’s WebTAg system.

Currently the breadth of experience in freight modelling within the mainstream transport modelling profession is limited. Therefore the publication of this guidance is required to ensure that a consistent approach to appraisals is adopted.

The project includes a review of recent modelling developments in order to design suitable methods for freight forecasting. This includes formulating a consistent approach to road freight modelling that can be tailored to suit the different requirements that arise across great Britain. Existing freight transport statistics are used to run a model to generate future heavy and light goods vehicle traffic forecasts which are converted into growth factors for incorporation into the published guidance. The freight forecasts are generated by the great Britain Freight Model (gBFM) to ensure consistency

with other forecasts.

The updated freight forecasting guidance will be self contained but will build on the existing detailed guidance on passenger modelling and other relevant topics. The guidance will be reviewed in three years when a new national freight model will replace the dfT’s current model.


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IRISH FREIGHT REVIEWINTErTrAdEIrELANd

A WSP- led consortium was commissioned in 2007 to carry out a review of policy and investment options for Irish freight logistics through to 2020. InterTradeIreland is a trade and business development body representing both the republic and Northern Ireland, therefore the project was concerned with optimising freight competitiveness for the allisland economy. A report, Freight Transport report for the Island of Ireland, was published in early 2008 and is available from the InterTradeIreland website1.

Efficient freight transport is essential to the economy. This project aimed to promote the free and reliable movement of goods whilst minimising the impact on safety, other transport users and the environment. The first task was to review the island’s current freight characteristics. These were assessed in terms of

geographic flows (including international shipping), transport modes and supply chain logistics for each business sector. The programme of work included consultation with freight operators and logistics providers to identify the main current and potential issues faced by the transport industry. various approaches were used, ranging from questionnaires to in-depth interviews, and these were managed through our consortium partners who have extensive experience of similar exercises. Current freight characteristics, trends over time and the outcome of the consultation exercise were combined to develop future projections of freight demand. demand was assessed in line with the expected provision of transport infrastructure and services in order to develop a set of specific recommendations for policy measures and infrastructure investment.

The study was managed by WSP’s Policy & research unit, working closely with Professor Alan Mckinnon and teams from Pantrak Transportation Limited and the National Institute for Transport and Logistics. It builds on WSP’s recent freight sector work for the Scottish Executive and various projects for the department for Transport.

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SCOTTISH FREIGHT STRATEGY SCOPING STUDYSCOTTISh EXECUTIvE, IN PArTNErShIP WITh SCOTTIShENTErPrISE ANd hIghLANdS ANd ISLANdS ENTErPrISE

The Scottish Executive and its partners commissioned a WSP led consortium to carry out a Freight Strategy Scoping Study for Scotland in 2006. The study provided the Scottish Executive with a clear picture of how the freight transport and logistics sectors work, and developed a set of high level objectives and targets based on empirical evidence and a wide-ranging stakeholder consultation.

The study had several parts, including a review of available data and trends, an extensive programme of stakeholder surveys, interviews and workshops, and an evaluation of threats, opportunities and options for a Scottish Freight Strategy to consider.

This important new work was managed by WSP’s Policy & research team, working closely with WSP’s Edinburgh office, Professor Alan Mckinnon and team at heriot-Watt University, subconsultants

Pantrak Transportation and the Scottish Council for development and Industry.

Scotland is increasingly dependent on efficient and cost effective distribution operations and Scottish Ministers have recognised the key role played by freight in the growing economy. The important role of the freight transport industry is not widely understood however, and is generally poorly perceived by the public. The overall aims of the Freight Strategy were to ensure that freight and logistics are recognised within both national and local policy frameworks and that the needs of freight users are taken into account in the development of transport policies.

This study is now being used to support the formulation of a coherent freight strategy, closely linked to passenger transport and land use policy, with the overall aim of

supporting future economic growth and quality of life in Scotland. In particular, it will inform the development of the National Transport Strategy for Scotland and also assist the new regional Transport Partnerships in developing their regional Transport Strategies.

This new work builds on WSP’s recent freight sector work for the European Commission, the Uk department for Transport and in Sweden.


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FREIGHT MODELLING IN SWEDENSWEdISh INSTITUTE FOr TrANSPOrT & COMMUNICATIONSANALYSIS

This study, led by WSP, assessed the suitability and availability of Spatial Computable general Equilibrium (SCgE) and related models, and made recommendations on whether such models are feasible for further development for practical use for modelling of goods transport in Sweden.

The specific objectives of this study were to investigate the use of SCgE and related models for the following purposes:

n as a means of forecasting future levels of goods transport demand as a function of economic growth

n as a means of modifying base origin/destination (O/d) matrices of tonnes in a form that takes due account of: changes in the costs and other supply characteristics of transport any structural changes in the national and local economies

n as a means of ascertaining in an unambiguous fashion the overall national economic benefits of transport policies, especially network investment and taxation and subsidy of modes.

In the existing Swedish national model the overall level of goods transport demand was not influenced by the generalised cost of transport.

The approach recommended by this study was to start by using a spatial input-output modelling approach that could largely be constructed using existing data. This would ensure that the representation of the transport of goods was satisfactory. The approach could then be enhanced by building in more general functionality from SCgE models to improve the sophistication of the representation of the overall economy.

This study demonstrated the benefits to be derived from the introduction of a spatial economic demand model for goods transport that is closely tied to the structure of the economy. It explained how such a model could be constructed in a step-by-step manner that throughout would provide a suitable balance between risk and innovation. This approach would ensure usable results even from the earlier stages of the model development.

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ECONOMIC/FREIGHT LOGISTICS MODELLING: A REGIONAL PILOT STUDYdEPArTMENT FOr TrANSPOrT

WSP has been appointed to develop and test one of the key components of a potential national freight modelling framework. Back in 2001, the department for Transport commissioned a review of freight modelling techniques to identify those most appropriate for great Britain. The review, led by WSP, found that the logistics sector had a major influence on patterns of freight movement, but was not well represented in strategic freight models. The main purpose of the current study has been to assess the feasibility of introducing a representation of logistics through building such a model at a regional level. An important challenge in this

study was to transparently model all the stages in a freight journey. This typically involved breaking down the movement of goods from producer to consumer into intermediate legs to and from freight consolidation and distribution centres. This approach to freight modelling not only represents the key geographical pattern of movements, but also makes it more straightforward to model the choice between road and rail, and between the different road vehicle sizes that are typical of specific logistical stages.

The model connects freight demand to the underlying production, consumption, and trade in the Uk, thus making it possible to represent opportunities for de-coupling freight growth from economic growth.

This study starts to build a comprehensive picture of the typical freight patterns and costs in each

industrial sector. It estimates production and trade using the Uk Input-Output Table, the Census, Annual Business Inquiry, and valuation Office Agency floorspace data. This study has also made use of key national freight datasets such as:


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COLOMBIA TRANSPORT MASTER PLANMINISTErIO dE OBrAS PúBLICAS Y TrANSPOrTEINSTITUTO dE vIAS (FrEdErIC r hArrIS)

The republic of Colombia lies in the North-West corner of South America with ports on both the Caribbean Sea and the South Pacific Ocean. A population of thirty million is spread over roughly half of its one million square kilometres.

Colombia has long been established as a producer of commodities such as coffee, sugar, and fruit. In recent years it has also become a major exporter of coal and petroleum. A significant increase in imports and exports has occurred due to the lowering of international trade barriers in the 1990s.

The transport network is composed of roads, rail and many navigable rivers. however, a combination of structural deterioration and increased freight traffic has focused attention on the need to restore and expand the network in order to meet future demand.

In 1992 the Colombian Ministry of Transport and Public Works commissioned a study, funded by the World Bank, to produce a Transport Master Plan. In connection with this study, Marcial Echenique & Partners (now WSP) used the general purpose modelling package MEPLAN to represent the current flows of goods and people on the existing transport network and to forecast the likely impact upon these flows of various changes in the supply and pricing of transport.

The base year was set at 1989 and four scenarios were tested which presented results for the years 1997 or 2015. The scenarios examined the following options for investment : the continuation of present policies; road as the main mode of transport; rail and water as the main mode of transport; the creation of major centres for the distribution of

containerised freight. For each scenario a wide range of individual investment projects was assessed in separate runs of the model. Policies relating to pricing of individual modes were also analysed to ensure that the tariffs charged for the use of facilities covered the cost of providing and operating them. On the basis of these results the Transport Master Plan was developed in order to provide a guide for future investment and pricing policies.

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TRANSPORT FORECASTS FOR EU ENERGY MODELEUrOPEAN COMMISSION

The EC directorate-general for Energy and Transport (dg TrEN) has been conducting research on the modelling of future energy supply and demand in the European Union.

Forecasts are being generated by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with their PrIMES model.

WSP were sub-contracted by the NTUA to produce forecasts of transport demand in the European Union for inputting to the PrIMES model. These were produced using the SCENES European-wide multi-modal integrated passenger and freight transport model, developed by WSP for the European Commission. For the current study SCENES provided one Base Scenario of transport demand forecasts for 2010 and 2020, based on a set of macro-economic and trade assumptions derived from the gdP forecasts that are consistent with

dg TrEN’s recent energy analyses, and road vehicle operating costs derived from recent fuel price assumptions for 2010 and 2020 also provided by dg TrEN.

The Base scenario uses freight growth trend assumptions that are in line with the observed growth from the mid 1990s to 2003/04. Under these assumptions there is significant freight demand growth in all land modes across the European Union, including modest rail demand increases (of 8% and 13% in 2010 and 2020 respectively), and inland waterway growth (of 11% and 28%). however, road freight growth is much stronger (at 26% and 55% respectively for 2010 and 2020).

As a result of increases in the cost of road travel, and the improvements in rail, shipping and inter-modal transport, rail freight and short sea shipping are expected to continue growing. The Base

scenario suggests a halt of the decline of rail freight in the majority of the member countries and a modest growth in short sea shipping.

There is strong growth in car passenger travel as a result of increased car ownership in the new member countries in Eastern Europe and also strong overall growth in air travel.

Improvements in rail services under the Base scenario have led to a modest overall gain in passenger train demand.

The study was completed in 2005.


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FREIGHT IN LONDON MODEL (FILM)TrANSPOrT FOr LONdON

WSP have created a model of future freight traffic in London to help inform Transport for London’s planning decisions up to 2031. The Freight in London Model (FiLM) represents all domestic freight moved to, from or within London by heavy goods vehicles, vans, trains and vessels on the Thames. It also includes van movements for both passenger and freight purposes.

The model represents all the distribution stages along the supply chain, from where goods are initially produced, through distribution centres and warehouses to where the goods are ultimately consumed. Outputs from the model include freight flows and tonnages by origin and destination, commodity type, logistic stage and transport mode. The outputs are segmented by time of weekday into morning peak, inter-peak and afternoon peak periods.

FiLM uses a freight modelling methodology pioneered by WSP and which is also used in the department for Transport’s national Base Year Freight Matrices Model.

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THE TRANS-PENNINE CORRIDOR MULTI-MODAL MODELLING STUDYUk - dEPArTMENT OF ThE ENvIrONMENT, TrANSPOrT ANdThE rEgIONS - EC - dIrECTOrATE-gENErAL vII

WSP Integrated Transport group, Policy and research Unit have developed a new multi-modal model of the Trans-Pennine Corridor as part of the EUNET project.

The main aim of EUNET was to develop new methods for measuring and assessing the socio-economic impacts of transport initiatives. The Trans-Pennine model provides a practical demonstration of the methods developed in the project. The model subdivides the Uk into 92 internal zones, of which 60 are in the main study area, the Trans-Pennine Corridor. The forecast time horizon is 25 years (1995-2020).

The model consists of a regional economic and a multi-modal transport component, which are designed respectively to examine:

n the impact of transport on the location of industries and households, regional growth

of employment, and associated changes in prices of production and consumption

n the resulting pattern of travel demand, and of passenger and freight flows on the modal networks.

Industries are represented in 28 categories. Five passenger trip purposes (commuting, education, business trips, leisure, others) are modelled for 3 household socio-economic groups, which are further subdivided into full, part and zero car ownership. Nine types of freight are modelled. All categories are consistent with standard EU or Uk data sources.

For transport supply, all the main modes on road, rail, air and sea shipping are represented. Infrastructure and intermodal facilities are represented with a detailed set of link types and over 28,000 links.

The core of the regional economic model is an extended and regionalised input-output table that estimates:

n freight transport demand via production and trade

n business travel demand through distribution of the service industriesjourneys to work based on demand for and supply of labour by socio-economic group

n other private travel by person according to socio-economic status, car-ownership, and age group.

The sources of potential traffic growth are thus separately identified. At the same time as demand estimation, the costs and prices are estimated in the extended I-O model for all industries and households.

A multi-modal transport model carries out modal split and assigns Od traffic


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to the network, taking into account the effects of congestion and any tolling. The transport model also provides the regional economic model with freight and passenger cost matrices, which enables the regional economic model to account for costs of production and consumption for each zone.

Modelling innovations:

The model includes a number of technical innovations:

Spatial cost variations for I-O analysis.

The National Input-Output table of the Uk is linked to door-to-door, Od travel costs estimated by the transport model. Within the I-O table, spatially variable transport costs replace the national averages that have traditionally been adopted in the Leontief I-O

tables. At the same time, demand forecasting benefits from the forward and backward linkages represented in the I-O Table.

Socio-economic distributional effects.

The Uk I-O table is extended to cover employment and household consumption by SEg. The extended I-O model accounts for any distributional cost effects across the SEgs.

Updating intermediate production coefficients in the I-O table.

These are adjusted for the future policy years, to reflect the higher rate of growth of foreign trade relative to domestic demand.

developing an incremental distribution model for inter-regional trade.

Observed product trading patterns derived from freight surveys are used to

calibrate a more accurate freight demand model.

Separate identification of displacement effects and overall impact on national gdP.

In a single run of the regional economic model, gdP is held fixed to identify regional displacement effects. Where there is significant change to trade costs, the foreign trade component of the gdP is modified using hM Treasury model results and the regional economic model is re-run.

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HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA MODELUUSIMAA rEgIONAL COUNCIL, FINNISh rAIL, MINISTrY OF TrANSPOrT, METrOPOLITAN ArEA COUNCIL, MINISTrY OF ThE ENvIrONMENT, FINNISh rOAd AdMINISTrATION

Following a series of pilot studies, a new MEPLAN model of transport and land use in the Metropolitan Area of helsinki and the adjoining Uusima region was developed in 1997.

Land use and transport detail in the model is categorised as follows:

n household types: farmers, self-employed, managerial, white collar, blue collar, retired, student, other;

n Employees: agricultural, industrial, construction, wholesale, retail, transport, private services, public services (all categorised as either export or non-export linked);

The model, known as MEPUUS, is being used by metropolitan planning agencies as a policy testing tool. A distinctive feature of MEPUUS is the level of detail at which the study area is represented. This is partly due to the scope and frequency of the annual Finnish Census which was computerised in 1990 and brings together data from various government statistical sources. It is also due to the power and flexibility of MEPLAN software which is able to represent differences in travel and consumption between socioeconomic groups

n Floorspace: production, wholesale, retail, transport, private services, public services, residential;

n Modes of transport: car, bus, rail (train and metro) and ‘slow’ (walk/cycle);

n Trip purpose: work, shopping, private business, leisure, non-home based, school, business trips, goods trips.

MEPUUS provides estimates of future levels of car ownership, not only by household type, but also by geographic zone. This feature is extremely useful as a planning aid: for example, when siting new public transport connections.


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Four test policies were modelled with MEPUUS:

n a new metro line between the centre and the west of helsinki;

n a new road through Espoo city to relieve traffic congestion on the Metropolitan Area’s two existing orbital motorways;

n a pricing policy in the shape of a doubling of petrol costs (for test purposes only);

n the development of the E18 European road, running from Finland’s southern coast, through the Metropolitan Area, to the russian border. It is planned to develop the E18 to form one side of the ‘Nordic Triangle’ transport system, connecting Norway, Sweden, Finland and denmark. (The E18 has been cited as a priority project in the European Commission’s Trans-European Network programme).

These four options were tested against a base or reference case which represented a no-change situation through to 2010.

The MEPUUS model was handed over to Uusimaa regional Council in 1997. Where, after training from the consultant team, the staff took over its operation.

Modelling:

LT-Consultants,

helsinki & Marcial Echenique & Partners Ltd (now WSP)

household groups are further divided according to levels of car ownership. For example:

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DUBAI URBAN DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKdUBAI gOvErNMENT

WSP, as part of the Urbis team, has been appointed by the dubai government to

develop a strategic urban development framework for the Emirate.

The Framework is intended to formulate a new urban model, comprising strategies,

policies and plans, to help manage the various aspects of the development of dubai.

WSP’s role in the project includes managing the following aspects:

n Sustainability and Environmental Management;

n Transportation and Traffic Planning; and

n Infrastructure Planning

Ultimately a gIS driven policy decision making tool will be developed to empower the dubai government’s Planning department.


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FREIGHT MATRICES FOR GREAT BRITAINdEPArTMENT FOr TrANSPOrT

A WSP-led consortium has been commissioned by the department for Transport to develop and validate base year freight matrices for great Britain. Freight forecasts have been part of the department’s National road Traffic Forecasts for over thirty years, although historically this has only been at a very aggregate level. This project will allow the department to represent freight more transparently and in greater spatial detail than is available from the standard published statistical sources.

The freight matrices will be used by the department in the next version of the National Transport Model which is used for future planning of great Britain’s transport network. This project involved producing freight flows and tonnage by origin and destination, commodity type, logistic stage and transport mode across great Britain. In addition to road and rail

movements, flows by water are included where these have significant competition with road and rail freight. This is achieved by adopting a zoning system at the local authority district level to represent freight origindestination movements realistically. There are a range of data sources concerning freight supply, demand and transport infrastructure which will be used to create the matrices. Using a close relationship with the freight industry, this consortium has been able to supplement published data with industry data. These matrices were validated against traffic counts and published statistics. This builds on the approach used in the recently completed EUNET2 project also for the department for Transport.

In addition to the matrices, the final report includes the methodology, results of the validation and recommendations for future research on improvements in methods and data sources.

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LONDON FREIGHT READY RECKONERTrANSPOrT FOr LONdON

WSP Policy & research were commissioned to produce a simple-to-use computer model with which Transport for London could predict the impact of policy measures on road freight traffic in London up to 2025. The policies that could be tested included changes to levels of employment, population and warehouse/factory floorspace in each London borough.

The model forecast Origin-destination (O-d) flows and vehicle kilometres by area, segmented by vehicle type: Light goods vehicles (Lgvs) and rigid or articulated heavy goods vehicles (hgvs).

A base year matrix of O-d flows of goods vehicles in London was established from traffic counts and haulier surveys, to obtain information such as journey purpose and commodity carried. This was converted to freight vehicle kilometres by area, which was calibrated against the department for Transport’s published traffic statistics.

Existing growth trends in London’s freight traffic were identified and applied to the base year to establish future year traffic. This ‘business as usual’ forecast indicated that London freight traffic, including larger rigid hgvs, would continue to grow, but at a rate below the national forecast.

The impact of policy interventions, for example population growth on Lgv traffic, were calculated by analysing historic trends. These impacts were then applied to each of the future years to re-calculate the O-d flows and vehicle kilometres.

This model was developed in challenging timescales and was designed to allow further enhancement in the future.


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CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY MASTER PLAN FOR AMMAN, JORDANdEPArTMENT FOr TrANSPOrT

WSP, in association with Consolidated Consultants Engineering & Environment (Jordan), has been appointed by the greater Amman Municipality to provide consultancy services for the development of the transport and mobility master plan for Amman.

The project involves a number of key areas in urban transport planning and policy.

These are primarily; determining the vision for mobility management, undertaking transport surveys and transport modelling, developing strategies for public transport, car parking, demand management and pedestrians, applying economic and financial appraisal techniques and assisting gAM through capacity building.

The objective of the project is to develop a long-term master plan that puts the provision of high quality Public Transport services at the centre of Amman’s transport system.

The strategy objectives include:

n the analysis of the present and future problems on the transport system

n the development of a comprehensive multimodal transport model

n the exploration of potential solutions for solving existing transport problems and meeting long term transport objectives, with public transport being at the forefront of the strategy

n the assessment of ideas, and seeking combinations which perform better as a whole than the sum of the individual components; and

n the selection and phasing of the preferred transportation strategy, using international multi criteria assessment techniques.

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THE CENTRAL REGION OF CHILE:A STRATEGIC EVALUATION MODEL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTCOMITE INTErMINISTErIAL dE INFrAESTrUCTUrA dE ChILE

The Central region of Chile contains 7.2 million people and includes the capital Santiago, the port of valparaiso and the town of rancagua. In this region is concentrated 55% of the country’s population and 62% of its production. The region is characterised by fertile river valleys and mountain ranges which severely restrict the land available for urban development. In many places the cities are expanding over highly productive farm land. In Santiago there are high levels of air pollution resulting from traffic congestion, industrial and residential emissions and dust volumes as a result of erosion and lack of pavements.

The region has seen fast economic growth to the point where transport networks and public services are becoming over-stretched. There is an urgent need for assessing demand for infrastructure and land to formulate a

coherent strategy for development for sustainable growth and to evaluate the environmental impact of that strategy.

In 1992 the Chilean Interministerial Committee for Infrastructure (COMINF) commissioned a consortium to study the Central region and develop a strategic plan for managing its growth over the next twenty years.

Information was collected concerning population, economic activities, land use and infrastructure which was then fed into the MEPLAN integrated land use/transport model which acts as a data base, a simulation model and an evaluation framework.

A strategy for the Central region was developed in the following stages.

n First, a twenty year macro-economic trend projection was allocated through the model where it was assumed that there were no restrictions on infrastructure capacity, and tolls and tariffs were kept the same.

n Secondly, the infrastructure expansion necessary to satisfy demand produced by the trend was estimated.

n A pricing policy (long term marginal cost) was devised for financing the necessary infrastructure expansion and maintaining it through the use of tolls and tariffs which modified demand.

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for road infrastructure exceeded the possible supply. Therefore a new set of proposals was put forward by the study team, including an additional orbital road for Santiago and the expansion of the existing Metro and suburban railway. Further measures were put forward for controlling transport demand, such as bus-only routes and increased charges for both parking and urban road use.

Included in the plan was the provision of parks to re-forest eroded land and thus reduce high dust levels which had been compounding pollution problems in the Santiago area. regulation of land development integrated with transport was put forward in the form of corridor growth in urban, suburban, agro-industrial and coastal areas

This study has demonstrated how a land use-transport model can be used to evaluate alternative policies for managing economic growth and their subsequent environmental impact. Through use of the MEPLAN model, an investment program for public and private agencies was put together (see table below) to promote efficient use of the transport network and the land.

The effects of the above policies were forecast as follows:

n higher living costs brought about by road pricing cause households to move away from the Santiago area into the surrounding region, with decentralisation to valparaiso and rancagua;

n passenger-km increases but there is a shift from buses to Metro and suburban railways;

n car use remains at a constant proportion rather than increasing as in the trend projection.

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FREIGHT IMPACT STUDY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRENOrThAMPTONShIrE COUNTY COUNCIL

WSP was commissioned by the Council’s Scrutiny Management Committee to undertake an independent review of the impact freight activities have on the County. The aim was to provide quantified evidence of problems, issues and benefits, enabling recommendations on future strategy and policy formulation. WSP delivered a report highlighting these issues and the potential existing within the sector, using its specialist skills to gather evidence, conduct wide ranging consultation and producing targeted recommendations. The study was motivated by the need to ascertain more about the importance and overall impacts of a major economic activity, set against

a background of perceived problems and a poor public image. The principal issues focussed on the need for economic evidence gathering, reflecting the wide-ranging nature of freight activities and impacts and their cross-cutting nature in policy terms.

n Specialist skills required, as not a mainstream activity for the client

n draws together public and business sectors, enabling articulation of LEP activities

n Identification of major policy areas with potential for development by client

n Facilitates client’s approach to new localism agenda


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CONTRACT 2 – GENERAL ENGINEERING SERVICESFOR LOCAL ROADS & DRAINAGE, QATARAShghAL, MINISTrY OF PUBLIC WOrkS

WSP Middle East, in Joint venture with khatib & Alami has been awarded Ashghal Contract 2 – Area 1 qatar North general Engineering Consultancy Services for Local roads and drainage. The contract is for a period of 5 years and covers Task Oriented Consultancy Services for all qatar North secondary roads.

WSP ME as a general Engineering Consultant (gEC) shall undertake all the engineering activities required for the data collection, planning, investigation, coordination, liaising with stakeholders and PWA’s other contractors, design, tender preparation, construction procurement, construction supervision and post contract quantity surveying services required for the delivery of Local roads and drainage Projects for the upgrading of existing substandard or temporary local roads and infrastructure and constructing new roads and infrastructure for planned new developments throughout the State of qatar.

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KALBA MOUNTAIN ROAD (WADI HILU), SHARJAHdIrECTOrATE OF PUBLIC WOrkS - ShArJAh

WSP were commissioned by The ruler’s Office to carryout the detailed design of a 14km stretch of Sharjah – kalba road.

The scope includes the detailed design of 14 km dual two lanes carriageway that includes two rock tunnels (1000m & 1800m), three interchanges and more than fifteen pipe culverts, drainage structures, and rock protection works.

At early stage an option study was carried out for various routs to arrive at an alternative to the existing road with lesser gradients. Based on a value engineering analysis the preferred route was selected. Preliminarily design work for the road and interchanges is completed.

A detailed geological mapping and soil investigation shall be carried out to arrive at the most economical cross section and portal location for the rock tunnels. In addition detailed hydrological study shall also be undertaken to identify the required drainage structures.


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UPGRADING OF AL-AROUBA ROAD, SHARJAHh. h ThE rULEr’S OFFICE

WSP have been commissioned to develop initial widening and Interchanges concepts for the scheme through to detailed design, contract preparation and award. The services to be provided by WSP include all highway planning and design, in addition to the survey and assessment of the existing structures.

The project consists of 2 stages:

Stage 1: detailed design of options to rehabilitate, strengthen existing Bridges for a period of 2.5 years.

Stage 2:The scheme comprises the investigation of options to improve the traffic flow along a 3km dual two-lane section of Al Arouba road in Sharjah including upgrading 2 Major interchanges. This includes building 2 new Bridges crossing the khalid Lagoon with 5 lanes each direction.

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Our multidisciplinary Group is made up of more than 9000 engineers, technicians, consultants and academics, working in 200 offices across 35 couintries. We can offer very specialist expertise in many fields an in many locations. we can provide a completely integrated service bringing together knowledge and experience from across the Group, managed delivered seamlessly...


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WSP in Middle East...

To be the outstanding supplier of specialist and integrated services in the built and natural environment.

OUR VISION

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WSP Middle east is a Multi-disciplinary engineering Consultancy operating throughout the MeNa region and supported by a Global Group operating in over 35 Countries worldwide.

Our approach to deliveing excellence and value for money is driven by our core values:

n Trust

n Sharing and Supporting

n Pride and Passion

n Sustainability

n innovation

established in 1969 and listed on the london Stock exchange in 1987, WSP has grown to be recognised as one of the world leaders in design, engineering and management consultancy. This is further supported by the headline information set out below:

n Over 350 staff in the Middle east as part of a 9000 strong Global workforce

n 2010 Revenue of £706.9 million

n Winner of the 2011 NCe / aCe international Consultant of the Year award

n Winner of the 2010 NCe / aCe Consultant of the Year Outstanding achievement award

n Winner of the 2010 Building Magazine engineering Consultant of the Year award

n Winner of the 2008 Sustainable Consultant of the year award

The above reflects industry recognition of WSPs outstanding delivery in the past 12 months and demonstrates our commitment towards achieving excellence and delivering sustainable, value for money solutions.

OUR ValUeS

TrustSharing & SupportingPride & PassionSustainabilityinnovation


We have the expertise to work with you from project inception to completion and beyond.

design ourselves around you.

You will have a single point of contact. You will receive personal attention. We will understand your expectations, act with a sense of urgency and communicate promptly.

Champion your cause.

Your goals do not include perpetual care of liabilities. Our strategies will be tailored to your needs, not just the regulators and we will step into your shoes in front of the authorities.

enable you to look forward.

We won’t blindly look under every rock. We won’t need to be told where to test and how to present. We can do the thinking. We approach investigations with goals, plans and milestones.

add value to your business.

Our programmes aid reporting and control; quantify cost savings and business synergies.

Free you from fear.

We have successful first-hand experience with solutions we recommend. We utilise team knowledge, peer reviewed solutions and assess for value engineering. You can trust our recommendations.

Be innovative.

We constantly try new technologies and refine old ones. We are creative, ambitious and practical. These values drive our innovation and desire to implement solutions which meet all of your goals.

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The services WSP offer in the Middle east reflect our Global structure and therefore we are able to call upon Global expertise to deliver local Projects.

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Transportation & infrastructure (T&i) predominantly operates in the strategic, regional and local road and rail markets and continues with its development activities to diversify into the broader civil infrastructure market.

We offer our customers a comprehensive range of professional services covering the full life cycle of their assets supported by our 35 year track record of delivering major civil engineering projects. We provide sustainable and innovative engineering solutions that meet our customers’ infrastructure needs.

T&i supports architects, planners, developer and contractors in the strategic planning, feasibility studies and concept to details design through to operations and maintenance of their assets

We offer the following capabilities:

n Roads design

n Bridges & Tunnels

n Utilities

n Traffic and Transport

n Operation & Maintenance

n Rail

n Post Contract Services

WSP Key Contact:

Shereen MagdyHead of Transportation & [email protected]

PO Box 1924, Sharjah, United arab emiratesTel: +971 6 598 1777Fax: +971 6 598 1666

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WSP Middle east provides an integrated structural and building services design capacity which includes expert divisions that bring added value in delivering world class building solutions.

Our approach is to ensure that our engineers are constantly up to date with the latest techniques and analytical tools. at a business level we ensure that our technical offering is constantly being developed to enable us to be at the forefront of service delivery.

Our training programmes are designed in collaboration with the relevant professional bodies to ensure that our employees are prepared for the constantly changing demands placed on them by technology and knowledge development.

We offer the following capabiliities:

n electrical engineering

n Mechanical engineering

n Public health

n Fire protection engineering

n Value engineering

WSP Key Contact:

Ray MooreHead of MeP [email protected]


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WSP Middle east offers specific advice and expertise in all forms of Structural engineering.

Our engineers take a lead role in managing the WSP Middle east multi-disciplinary offering to ensure that the client receives an integrated engineering solution from initial site acquisition, through the planning process and into the construction and delivery phase. By working hand-in-hand with all members of the design team, we aim to ensure a smooth passage through the statutory and legislative processes to ensure that the vision for the building is achievable in a practical way.

Our approach is to ensure that our engineers are exposed to the latest techniques and analytical tools. at a business level we ensure that our technical offering is constantly being developed to ensure that we are at the forefront of service delivery

We offer the following capabiliities:

n Foundations & deep Basements

n Reinforced and Post-tensioned Concrete

n Structural Steelworks

n High-rise Constructions

n Special Transfer Structures

n dynamic analysis

n Specialist Geotechnical

WSP Key Contact:

Bart leclercqHead of [email protected]


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WSP Middle east recognize that the building design process has evolved. Technological advances, new and emerging legislation and the evolving vision of developers, city planners and architects to create new types of buildings and urban fabrics has lead to the emergence of the specialist consultant.

Previously it would have been necessary for a design team to draw in specialist services from a wide range of small, boutique suppliers. as well as adding to the project management burden, this also leads to higher costs and late of design coordination. WSP Middle east resolve these challenges by offering the widest possible range of specialist services from within our Middle east team.

Our specialist service team provide high value, front end consultancy services which enhance building efficience & lifetime running costs, create practical innovation & increase flexibility, solve complex design challenges & reduce design risks early in the project life cycle.

Our specialist services capabilities include the following:

n Fire and life Safety engineering Consultancy

n Security, Threat & Risk Studies and Systems design

n audio visual and broadcast suites

n iT & Communications strategies

n Vertical Transportation solutions

n Safety Consultancy

WSP Key Contact:

dean McGrailHead of [email protected]


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WSP Middle east offers the full range of environmental planning services reflecting at WSP, our environment & energy business helps clients across the world to manage risks, educe costs and create competitive opportunity in their markets.

We work with clients and regulators to clean up the legacy of the past, advising on environmental obligations and liabilities and handling site assessments and clean-ups.

WSP Middle east environment & energy has over 40 specialists working across the Middle east region providing advice on all aspects of environmental, energy, sustainability, climate change, and business risk issues.

Our services in the Middle east ranges from remediation of contaminated land to devising corporate climate change adaptation strategies; and from geotechnical solutions to city masterplanning and renewable energy strategies.

We are working for clients on both multi-national programmes and site specific requirements. We are liaising directly with regulators and assessing, managing and delivering results in virtual, online forums. Our clients can choose to use an individual service area or a range of our services as part of a managed integrated solution.


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n acoustic, noise and vibration designs and impact assessments

n asbestos and hazardous materials management

n Corporate strategy and environmental management

n energy and carbon minimisation and management

n environmental due diligence

n environmental planning and impact assessments

n estidama

n Geotechnics

n Green buildings, leed and rating systems

n land remediation

n Renewable energy strategies

n Sustainable masterplanning and development

n Waste management

WSP Key Contact:

enda Colferassociate [email protected]



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design management includes the selection and management of design suppliers and encompasses the documentation, supervision and evaluation of design processes and results. it is implemented to achieve specific design objectives in order to provide high quality design solutions.

We are proud of the fact that WSP people come from a wide range of backgrounds with a diverse set of experiences in commercial retail, transportation, healthcare and leisure sectors.

Our dedicated team have a strong understanding of construction projects and design, and work closely with the WSP technical service teams and external service partners to provide clients with an integrated design management service aimed at delivering high end solutions and effective design to their projects.

WSP Key Contact:

Trevor BardouilleHead of [email protected]



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WSP Middle east positioned itself on its long term strategy of diversification by expanding its businesses and services to new and current clientele in the region by offering them industry’s best standards modes of consultancy services in the Post-Contract services.


n Site Supervision

n Contract administration

n Project Management

WSP Key Contact:

andrew MountainHead of Post [email protected]


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n aldaR Properties PJSC

n abu dhabi Municipality

n abu dhabi Ports Company

n architects (dSa, Broadway Malyan, SOM, Foster & Partners)

n al Futtaim Carillion, aFC

n Bloom Properties

n department for Transport, abu dhabi

n dar al Omran

n diFC

n dubai executive Council

n dubai World Trade Centre

n eC Harris & Partners

n emaar Properties

n laing O’Rourke

n MaF Properties

n Mubadala

n Nakheel PJSC

n National Transport authority

n Roads and Transport authority (RTa), dubai

n Sharjah Town Planning

n Sharjah department of Public Works

n Siemens

n Sorouh Real estate

n Taisei Corporation

n TdiC

n Qatari diar Real estate investment Company

MIddle eaSt KeY ClIeNtS

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Our exposure to anumber of markets andgeographies serves toimprove our resilienceto certain risk events...


As a world leader in transport studies, we work with governments around the world to create sustainable

long-term transportation strategies.

3,000We are one of the world’s largest providers of Transportation Services Employing more than 3,000 Transportation Professionals.

We operate in the following Countries in the Middle East:

n United Arab Emirates

n Qatar

n Oman

n Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

WSP TRANSPORT PLANNING

WSP Middle East Transport and Infrastructure (T&I) has a dedicated transport team specialising in highway engineering, infrastructure design, bridge and tunnel engineering, transport planning and traffic engineering. This is further supported by Transportation Specialists from our global teams in the UK, Sweden, China, and USA.

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THE SERVICES WE OFFER

We provide integrated, sustainable and innovative traffic and transportation services and solutions to both the public sector (including local authorities, Regional Development Agencies and central government) and private sector in their development planning.

We offer the following services:

n Planning and Design

n City wide transport planning to internal building traffic circulation

design

n Research and innovation

n International Transport Planning

Offering

Our expertise is used to:

n Define strategic land use and transport policy

n Create sustainable development

and regeneration plans

n Interpret policy into practical

solutions

n Assess major transport infra

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n Create detailed multi-modal

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n Gain the support of key stake

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n Deliver economic and

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To private sector, we offer a wide range of services to meet Developer’s objectives. We work closely with Masterplanners, Architects, and ultimately Developers to provide transport solution that will meet the requirements of the developers, cost effective solutions, address all modes of transport, and fulfill the local authorities’ requirements.

Our core competencies have been developed to assist local authorities to deliver their Local Transport Plans, and developers to achieve their optimum developments. We focus in a number of key areas:

n Sustainable Modes of Transport: Public Transport, Cycling and Pedestrians

n Strategic Transport : Policy and Research

n Modelling

n Development Planning

n Traffic and Safety Engineering

n Financial and Economic Appraisal

We offer the full range of services required to meet the Government’s objectives for sustainable transport, making better use of existing assets and reducing social exclusion through improved accessibility.

Public Transport Studies

n Detailed travel and consumer research to

understand travel behavior

n Major retail developments and hospitals and large

housing developments

n Viability and alternative systems between bus, rail,

light rail and guided bus

n Alternative route proposals

n Potential ridership studies

WSP are committed to promoting public transport and alternative modes of transport. We believe that these modes of transport are more sustainable and provide better solutions to mobility and accessibility.

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT


GREEN TRAVEL PLANS

Green Travel is pivotal to the success of any Sustainable Transport Agenda. We work with our clients across the globe to develop Green Travel Plans, particularly for employers looking to encourage users of a workplace to travel by sustainable transport options, and reduce their reliance on the private car


Good street planning starts with pedestrians… Central to the very best transport systems is the understanding of pedestrian movements.

We offer expertise in pedestrian modeling and our services include de-signing and managing surveys to quantify pedestrian activity and desire lines, reviewing the walking environment and undertaking detailed audits of specific routes.

As part of our Global capabilities we have worked with developers and authorities to design and implement cycle routes for the purposes of both leisure and commuting. In many cases cycle provision forms a key link in multi-modal transport solutions and we are able to provide our clients with a total solution end to end solution. We have designed routes in the following:

n Town and City Centre redevelopments

n Tourist country leisure routes

n Internal housing development cycle-ways

n Multi modal transport solutions

n Rail Station re-designs


CYCLING AND PEDESTRIANS

POLICY & RESEARCH

We offer a comprehensive range of services in the fields of planning and transport with particular expertise in strategic transport and land use analysis, modelling and policy advice, for both passengers and freight.

We advised our clients in several strategic and policy issues, including but not limited to:

n Trip generation and parking demand

n School transport policy and framework

n National transport standardization

n Marine transport demand and plans

n City-wide parking management, and

n State-wide public transport plans


We offer Geographical Information System (GIS) capabilities which allows us producing spatial distribution of the available data occurring from any population, transport, traffic, or land use phenomena.

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Our modelling professionals have an impressive breadth of experience ranging from the development of strategic land use forecasting models to the simulation of individual travel behaviour. We routinely consider all modes of transport in our studies, which cover a wide range of modelling horizons.

We have the expertise to carry out individual and area-wide junction assessments using micro-simulation techniques with experienced staff in both PTV-VISSIM and Sim Traffic.

Our recent multi-modal studies utilise the latest innovative software technology which can seamlessly interface with GIS applications, namely PTV-VISUM software and Cube Voyeger.

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TRANSPORT MODELLING

We provide a specialist integrated transport and land use masterplanning appraisal and design service to a wide range of public and private sector clients. Commissions range from feasibility of development sites to major urban master planning and regeneration.

We are qualified consultants with main authorities in the region to carry out traffic impact studies. Our team has developed in-depth knowledge about local authority procedures from undertaking a wide range of studies completed for development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujiera, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.

We recognize the economic significance of parking. We assist masterplanners and architects with all development traffic related issues to ensure development integrity and transport accessibility to meet the development objectives.

We aim to make safe, efficient and pleasant urban environments.

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TAKE A CLOSERLOOK

WSP Middle Eastwww.wspgroup.ae

WSP group plcOffices Worldwidewww.wspgroup.com

Abu dhabi, UAE PO Box 112046Tel: +971 2 418 0999Fax: +971 2 418 0998

dubai, UAEPO Box 7497Tel: +971 4 329 2399Fax: +971 4 329 2389

Sharjah, UAE PO Box 1924 Tel: +971 6 598 1777Fax: +971 6 598 1666

doha, qatar PO Box 13885 Tel: +974 4 410 6000Fax: +974 4 412 3687

discover more about WSP, meet our specialists and check out our latest projects at www.wspgroup.ae

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